Interesting sites

Biographies
An enormous collection of biographies → http://www.biography.com
An up-to-date list of celebrities → http://www.online-shrine.com
More on biographies → http://www.britannica.com
Information about famous citizens from the past and present –> http://www.s9.com/biography

Books
Amazon books → http://www.amazon.com
If you want to read famous authors online → http://www.bartleby.com/index.html
Celtic books → http://www.keltic.co.uk/
Electronic library → http://www.elibrary.com/
Bestsellers → http://www.booksonline.co.uk/

More on books → http://www.free-book.co.uk/

Another site for books → http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
Digital library → http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Celebrations
Description of many celebrations → http://www.holidays.net/

Cinema
The internet movie database → http://www.imdb.com
You can print the whole script of a film in this site → http://www.script-o-rama.com/

Film reviews
http://www.film.com
http://movies.yahoo.com → Information about a new release
http://www.oscars.org/ → The Oscars homepage
http://www.bfi.org.uk/→ British Film Institute
http://www.screenonline.org.uk → Encyclopedia about British and Irish actors, films and directors
http://www.hollywood.com/ → Hollywood
http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/ → British films

Cultural Information
Common questions and answers about Britain → http://www.britishhighcommission.gov.uk
Short texts about the different states of the US → http://americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
The British Council → http://www.britcoun.org
Country profiles → http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
If you want to know more about the more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world --> http://
www.sil.org/linguistics/
World atlas → http://worldatlas.com/

Dictionaries
Cambridge international dictionary of English (very useful for idioms practice)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English → http://www.Idoceonline.com/
Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary → http://www.oup.com/dictionaries
A comprehensive American on-line dictionary: the Merriam-Webster Dictionary → http://www.m-
w.com/home.htm
Online bilingual dictionary → http://www.wordreference.com
Another dictionary → http://www.thefreedictionary.com
Slang dictionary → http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/links.htm#british

Encyclopedias
Encarta online → http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html
Encyclopedia about myths and legends →http://www.pantheon.org/

Etymology
Origin of words → http://www.wordorigins.org
Etymology → http://www.worldwidewords.org
Words in English that come from Greek or Latin → http://www.wordfocus.com

Exams
Information about the EOI exams of ‘Certificat Elemental o Avançat’ → http://www.xtec.es/eoi
TOEFL online → http://www.toefl.org/
Information different language institutions such as Cambridge University → http://www.alte.org

Forums and chats

For students of English → http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/
Communicate with other people → http://www.comenius.com/keypal/
Penpals → http://www.europa-pages.co.uk/penpal_form.html
ePals for groups of students → http://www.epals.com
Chats → http://www.languagetrade.com/

Games
Different quizzes → http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/index.shtml
Fun Trivia → http://www.funtrivia.com
Word games → http://www.askoxford.com/wordgames/crosswords
Vocabulary games → http://syndicate.com/

Grammar
A huge bank of grammar exercises and tests –> http://a4esl.org
Try some CAE and CPE activities to brush up your English → http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/index.htm
If you have grammar problems try this site → http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
If you still keep on having grammar problems → http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htm
Interactive quizzes → http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/iowa/quiz/
A good site to find out about anything → http://esl.about.com/cs/grammar/
To practice superlatives in a funny way → http://www.guinessworldrecords.com
Grammar presentations interactive exercises →http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/grammar.htm
Using English → http://www.usingenglish.com/students.php

Humour
Comedy → http://www.comedy-zone.net/links/British_Comedy/
Jokes → http://www.thejokeyard.com/index.html

Idioms
Lots of idioms → http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms
Self-study idiom quizzes → http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html
Language courses
The British Council site → http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-study-in-the-uk.htm?
mtklink=corporate-homepage-study-in-the-uk
Pilgrims →http://adults.pilgrims.co.uk/adults/html/y_choose_pilgrims.asp
International House →http://www.ihworld.com/studyabroad/index.asp
Study in the USA → http://www.studyusa.com/
European Council of International → Schools → http://www.ecis.org/
ESL in the USA, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand → http://www.globalstudy.com/
Study abroad directory → http://www.studyabroad.com/
English courses abroad → http://www.englishuk.com/

Listening
Dave Sperling’s ESL Cafe →http://www.eslcafe.com
A large selection of listening activities organised in different levels →http://www.esl-lab.com/
Choose the listening activities that might be appropriate to your level →http://www.eviews.net/
Listening practice about London → http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/
london/
Excellent site for listening links → http://www.elllo.org/graphics/links.htm
Another site for listening links →http://www.eslwonderland.com/links/listening_links.htm
Online language laboratory →http://www.repeatafterus.com/
Videos and activities from the CNN→ http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/

Magazines
The IT’s magazine online → http://www.its-online.com
The Hello! magazine online → http://www.hellomagazine.com
The Economist → http://www.economist.com
English Teaching Professional magazine → http://www.etprofessional.com
Marie Claire →http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/
Newsweek → http://www.newsweek.com
Nature → http://www.nature.com
National Geographic → http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Vogue → http://www.vogue.co.uk/

Miscellaneous
A little bit of everything→ http://www.englishclub.com/
Lots of language resources links →http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/

Museums
Worldwide arts resources →http://wwar.com
Photography museum →http://www.photographymuseum.com/
MOMA → http://www.moma.org/index.html

Music
A famous music site →http://www.lyrics.com
Bands and singers organised alphabetically →http://lyrics.astraweb.com
An up-to-date site with lyrics, biographies and pictures→ http://sing365.com
Another music page organised alphabetically →http://azlyrics.com
A collection of Beatles’ songs→ http://fab4lyrics.stonegauge.com
It offers the lyrics of more than 120,000 songs. You can search by title, artist or single.
http://www.harryfox.com/songfile/public/publicsearch.jsp
Folk music and blues →http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
Jazz→ http://www.jazzonline.com
Rap →http://www.rapstation.com
Techno →http://www.technomusic.com
Interviews, posters and records reviews →http://www.ubl.com/
Lyrics →http://www.allthelyrics.com
Songs →http://www.lyricsdownload.com
More about lyrics →http://www.geocities.com/lyricstoday/main.htm
Learn through the music →<http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/songs/

Neologisms
If you really want to keep up-to-date with the new words of English→
http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/oald7/about_OALD/new_words_2?cc=gb
Provides a list and explanation of newly-coined words →http://www.wordspy.com/topwords.asp
The most popular new words →http://www.macmillandictionary.com/2005/index.htm

News
The Guardian →http://www.guardian.co.uk
The Independent →http://www.independent.co.uk
The New York Times →http://www.nytimes.com
The Times →http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
The Washington Post →http://www.washingtonpost.com
The Daily Mail →http://www.dailymail.co.uk
The Observer →http://www.observer.co.uk/
Newspapers online →http://www.newspapers.com
Watch or listen to the news at the official BBC homepage →http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Links to newspapers all over the world (you need to select England to get a full list of English
newspapers) →http://www.thepaperboy.com/welcome.html
Yahoo news http://www.yahoo.com/headlines

Pronunciation
A really good site for pronunciation practice →http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
Pronunciation activities →http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/pron.htm
Improve your pronunciation→ http://evaeaston.com/pr/home.html
Plenty of activities and explanations English pronunciation→ http://www.soundsofenglish.org/
Phonemic chart introduction→ http://www.developingteachers.com/phonology/sounds.htm

Radio
BBC radio online →http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
News from radio stations all over the world → http://wrn.org
Radio 4 →http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/

Reading
A variety of stories from different cultures →http://www.thestoryteller.org.uk
Interesting texts about Greek gods and mythology→ http://www.mythweb.com
Read a book at Project Gutenberg. → http://promo.net/pg/
The Internet Public Library can be found at→ http://www.ipl.org/
SWIM (See What I Mean) → http://www.xtec.cat/~iboluna/swim/

Television
BBC World Service →http://www.bbcworld.com
CNN online →http://www.cnn.com
NBC online →http://www.nbc.com
CBS online →http://www.cbs.com
Discovery Channel Online →http://www.discovery.com
Sky News →http://www.sky.com
Euro news →http://www.euronews.net/

Theatre
London →http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/
Broadway →http://www.broadwayonline.com/pages/newsiteframes.htm

Translator
Multilingual translator →http://babel.altavista.com/tr

Travel and Tourism

The British Tourist Authority→ http://www.visitbritain.com/
Tourism Ireland → http://www.tourismireland.com
Scotland →http://www.visitscotland.com
Travel guide →http://www.lonelyplanet.com
Another travel guide →http://www.roughguides.com/
A varied information for travelling around the world →http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Travel/
Visit a city in the UK and you want to know the location of a street → http://www.streetmap.co.uk
If you want to know the weather in any part of the world→ http://weather.yahoo.com/_sv=off
London online → http://www.visitlondon.com/
New York online →http://www.citidex.com/

Video
An excellent site to watch videos about lots of different topics. You can add your thoughts about the
video you watch. So be prepared to participate! →http://www.bbc.co.uk./videonation/archive/

Vocabulary
A huge selection of multiple choice activities→ http://www.xtec.es/%7Epsanz/tick/exang/index.htm
Interactive quizzes that focus on commonly confused words →http://a4esl.org/q/h/dt/conwd02.html
Lots of games and quizzes →http://www.manythings.org/
Three levels of vocabulary activities→http://www.longman.com/dictionaries/students
Business vocabulary activities → http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
Lots of vocabulary activities at onestopenglish from Macmillan→ http://www.onestopenglish.com/
Lots of good vocabulary links and activities →http://esl.about.com/cs/vocabulary/
Collocation activities →http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blcollocation_2.htm
Vocabulary quizzes →http://a4esl.org/a/v5.html
Word games archives from the British Council-Learn English
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-word-games-archive
Animal words →http://www.esl-lab.com/animal1/animal.htm
Opposites → http://www.esl-lab.com/opp1.htm

Writing
Spelling help →http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/
Guide to grammar and writing →http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/